PREHISTORY THE PAST

PREHISTORY THE PAST

1. FROM...

   • 2 or 3 million years ago- BC
     • It began when the first humans appeared.

2. TO...

   • 3,500 BC
     • It ended when humans invented writing.

3. PALEOLITHIC

   • First period of history. Tools: stones and bones to make tools and weapons.People were nomads. They lived in small groups and move from place to place. They lived in tents or caves. They discovered how to make fire.

4. NEOLITHIC

   • Sedentary life. Houses from mud and wood. Made pottery. Fishing, livestock and agriculture. People invented new tools to help them with work. The first villages

5. METAL AGE

   • Use of metals at the end of Prehistory: copper, bronze, iron. Artisans and traders: exchanged craftwork for food and other things. First system of trade. Invention of wheel and sail. Big constructions: megaliths, menhirs, dolmens and cromlechs. Firsts cities apeared.